Illustrations in a Parts List

Use these options to make the illustrations associated with a parts list visible in the parts list structure tree.

• Viewing action set in the Structure tab of the parts list’s information page — select Illustrations or use the Manage Related Information option

• Context menu for parts list — select the Show/Hide Related Information option

A list of illustrations associated with a parts list is also provided in the Dynamic Documents table on the Related Objects tab for a parts list.

Illustrations added to a parts list appear at the top of the parts list structure tree, directly below the parts list object. Their order is determined by the value of their Print Order attribute (note: this is an optional attribute. No order can be guaranteed if the attribute is not set). Parts list items are listed below the illustrations.

You can set the Print View attribute to specify which figure from the graphic should appear when the parts list is published to a format that does not support intelligent graphics, i.e. PDF.

By default, an illustration displays the attributes exposed for a parts list — Number, Name, and Version attributes. Customize the view of the structure to access other graphic attributes, such as State (work state). See Customizing Table Views for information.

Any illustrations added to a parts list can be viewed in the Visualization tab. There are two options:

Select an illustration in the parts list structure then select Open In > Display In Visualization Tab from the context menu.

Choose the Display Illustration

option from the toolbar, then select the required illustration from the drop down list.

You can directly view Arbortext IsoDraw illustrations in Arbortext IsoDraw application. To view an IsoDraw illustration, click Open In >

Open Content in IsoDraw. See Technical Graphics Compendium for information on supported versions of Arbortext IsoDraw and the Arbortext IsoDraw Help Center for more information.

You can manage a parts list’s illustrations from its structure tree, for example:

• Add new illustrations — see Add an Illustration to a Parts List for information

• Remove illustrations — see Remove an Illustration from a Parts List for information

• Reorder illustrations — set/change values of the Print Order attribute for the illustrations to define an order of display in the parts list

You are not permitted to drag and drop illustrations within a parts list.

• Manage illustration attributes — view an illustration’s attributes in the Attributes tab in the right pane for the parts list

You can use the Edit Item Attributes option to update standard type attributes: Format, Print Order, Print View, Graphic Ref.

You can manage these types of applicability for the usage of an illustration in a parts list:

• Options and choices configured with basic and advanced expressions

Select an illustration in a parts list structure and choose the Manage Applicability option from the context menu to open the Manage Applicability window.

See Applicability for Parts List Illustrations for information on setting applicability for parts list illustrations.

Once applicability has been configured for an illustration in a parts list, the settings are retained when the parts list is moved, revised, or saved as a new object. The settings are removed when the parts list is deleted.

If the content of a parts list is filtered with applicability filters, only those illustrations that meet the filter criteria are included when the parts list is viewed, exported, or published.

See Customizing Service Effectivity for information on creating custom service effectivity types.

See Manage Applicability for information on the Manage Applicability window.